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Poster spotted in Edmonton, Alberta quoting the last words of Aaron Bushnell, the US airman & anarchist who set himself alight in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC in protest against the ongoing massacre of Gaza's population.
i’m collecting these
I don't see that anyone had posted this yet so I will. I didn't make this, just took it off of Twitter before making my exodus. As a tgirl I can sometimes feel insecure about my tummy shape. Finding this picture helped with that a lot. Now I don't feel dysphoric over my tummy.
My babies
Steambaby Week Day 6: Dragons
Really wanted to participate in @steambabyweek this year, but I'm in the middle of a huge volunteer project that is taking, without exaggeration, every moment of my free time. Then I remembered that I colored a panel from a Fire Noodle comic a while back (and don't think I've shared it?), and since Day 6 was dragons...
I've got some ~art~ ideas so once the volunteer project is over, I hoping to jump back into my usual Fire Noodle/ Zutara/ steambaby nonsense.
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My babies
Katara: I think our little princess might be a firebender.
Zuko: Oh, why?
Katara: She has your eyes.
Zuko: That doesn’t necessarily mean Kya’s a firebender-
Katara: And she sneezed sparks this afternoon and lit the drapes on fire.
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Doing something for the partner that they will enjoy or makes their life easier.
in light of israel's looming invasion on rafah, south africa implored the icj to call for the protection of palestinians with new preliminary orders. the icj denied this request, insisting that its january orders would be sufficient enough in ensuring the safety of people residing in rafah.
we have all seen how israel responded to the icj verdict earlier this month. they have all but intensified their attacks on palestinians, their favorite of whom seem to be children. this will end in a bloodbath. palestinians, already malnourished and living in literal tents, will be bombarded, they will be shot, they will be slaughtered. and when i say palestinians, a lot of them are actual toddlers. the videos coming out of this are proof enough.
at this point, it has been made amply clear that palestinians will never experience safety in their own homeland. a lot of the families in gaza are trying to raise funds to get out of it, because there's nowhere left to go.
there is nowhere left to go. if these people don't get the funds necessary to escape, they will die.
it's vital that you go to operation olive branch's spreadsheet, choose a family that resonates with you, and donate as much as you can to their gofundme. every last dollar counts. one dollar could be the difference between life and death for a family. please don't fall victim to the bystander effect. your contribution counts, however little it may be. and whether you're able to donate or not, spread this to as many people as you can. each second we stay silent is a second an entire family is brutally massacred.
to put things into perspective--just yesterday it was reported that 112 palestinians were killed, and 157 were left injured. in the last 24 hours. this is quite literally time-sensitive down to the last second. i would not be able to sleep at night knowing i lived through a literal genocide and did absolutely nothing about it.
A resident physician at the University of Ottawa's faculty of medicine who was suspended over pro-Palestinian social media posts says he's been reinstated but has no plans to return to the institution. Dr. Yipeng Ge, 29, was sanctioned by the university last November after it got several complaints about a series of pro-Palestinian posts he'd made, ones that included references to "apartheid" and "settler colonialism." At the time of his suspension, Ge had been a fourth-year public health and preventive medicine resident and was completing a residency at the Public Health Agency of Canada. His research has focused on Indigenous health, anti-racism and decolonization.
Tagging @politicsofcanada
"With what I've experienced, I cannot continue within this institution," said Ge. "The subsequent conversations that I've had with faculty leadership and their lack of insight, remorse ... even after my reinstatement and everything, they don't feel like they've made a mistake.
"I cannot see them as respectable colleagues."
Update: He came to Gaza to supply medical aid. 🙌
Another ICJ hearing is starting now in regards to Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories. This is the result of a UNGA resolution from 2022 for the ICJ to give a nonbinding opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation from 1967 to present day.
This is not related to South Africa's case
Pictured are who will be presenting arguments, Israel will not be taking part
Canada pulled out at the last minute, I don't believe they've given a reason why. My guess is that they were probably going to defend Israel, as I imagine every western power presenting arguments will, but the writing is on the wall and they want to protect their image.
This is the largest case ever at the ICJ, btw
Blind people must save a lot on electricity.
They do actually!
I had a blind professor, last semester, and I swung through his office to make up an exam. It was a while before I knew he was in there because he was sitting with the lights off. I finally went in, apologized, and took the exam by the light of a nearby window (which was fine). Forty-five minutes into dead silence he panicked and yelled in this booming voiced, “WAIT, YOU CAN SEE!!!” before diving across his desk to turn on the lights. I’m sure he was embarrassed but I thought it was endearing and it highlighted a large aspect of disabled life that I hadn’t previously considered.
Sort of relatedly I once had professor who was deaf, but she had learned to read lips and speak so she could communicate easily with hearing people who didn’t know sign language. One day she had gotten off topic and was talking a little about her personal life, so that one of the students said “Oh, I know, I grew up in Brooklyn too.”
She stared at him for a long time and then said “How do you know I’m from Brooklyn?”
And he said “You have a Brooklyn accent.”
She said “I do?” and the whole class nodded, and then she burst out laughing and said “I had no idea! The school where I learned to speak was in Brooklyn. I learned by moving my mouth and tongue the way my teachers did. So I guess it makes sense that I have their accent, I just never thought about it.”
My moms a sign language interpreter, and she’s signed with people from all over the US. According to her, when she signs with people from the south they sign with a “drawl.” They have slower hand movements and exaggerate certain parts of the sign. People from the Midwest sign very fast and people from the south sign very slow.
So we were at a restaurant once and my mom started interpreting for someone who was trying to order and she was like “oh you’re from the south!”
And they were like “how did you know that?”
And she said “you sign with a drawl.” And they were really surprised that it came through that much.
It’s really interesting that even when not speaking verbally accents and heritage come through.
Humans are so fucking fascinating
Grand Duchesses Tatiana, Olga, Maria and Anastasia with their brother Tsarevich Alexei seen in the Italian courtyard of the Livadia Palace holding flower decorations and wearing little boxes to collect donations ahead of the White Flower Day celebrations. During this day, members of the imperial family and entourage would sell daisies and donate the proceeds to charities under the patronage of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. April 20, 1912. The Empress would also hold a Grand Bazar in favor of patients with tuberculosis.
BREAKING NEWS: The International Court of Justice finds that there is sufficient basis for South Africa’s case against Israel and will not dismiss the case as Israel requested.
This is truly an historic moment.
Very well done, South Africa 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
silly background thing i noticed. when all the officers go outside to beat up the RAF pilots harry collects everyone's hats and just holds them all the entire time
also bubbles carrying (what i think is) curt’s jacket…make of that what you will!!
Very pleased with the effort by the South African team. I'm too scared to hope that anything effectual will come of this, but it's important that there was a cohesive, honest, and powerful argument and timeline with extensive documentation put forth to the world, even if the world rejects it. The last couple of months were a whole lot of passive voice and insultingly vague headlines that it's truly a comfort to see a straightforward accusation.
If we lose this case then it is proof that the world does not care about justice. It will be proof that the United Nations is useless and a failure. It will be proof that humanity has lost its sense of moral right and wrong. There nothing that can justify any action committed against the people of Palestinian over the past 96 day and nearly 76 years of occupation.
May Allah protect us all
Update: The South African lawyers have sent a notice to the US government stating that they aim to hold the US accountable for their aiding, abetting and supporting Israel in international crimes against Palestinians.
I'm so proud to be South African rn and I'm so proud of the team representing us.
𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈 — remember you will die
𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄 — remember you have to live
